The national touring production of "Fiddler on the Roof" comes to the Clay Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a Broadway in Charleston show. Tickets are $37 and $61. Call 304-561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.

Beat poetry

Internationally touring Beat poet Ron Whitehead will appear at the free Third Eye Cabaret Thursday at The Cellar, 8 Capitol St. The cabaret runs 7 to 11 p.m. and Whitehead performs at 9 p.m. Visit www.facebook.com/thirdeyecabaret.

Model train show

The eighth annual Collis P. Huntington Model Train Show runs Friday through Sunday at the Dunbar Community Center, 2601 Fairlawn Ave. It features numerous operating model railroad layouts, memorabilia collections and more than 100 dealer tables.

Hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children ages 3-12. Call 304-543-2323.

Marble tournament

The fifth annual A. James Manchin Memorial Marble Tournament for Kids will be held Saturday at the Culture Center. The free tournament is open to children of all skill levels ages 7-14.

The day starts at 9 a.m. with a beginners marble-shooting workshop by the West Virginia Marble Shooters Association. Tournament registration ends at 10:30 a.m., and the tournament begins at 11 a.m.

A male and female winner will become eligible to go to the 90th annual National Marble Tournament in Wildwood, N.J., in June.

Mary Ingles Trail Associates Park will hold auditions for an outdoor drama based on the life of Mary Draper Ingles from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and May 4 at the Beech Fork Sate Park office. A minimum of 10 females and 10 males age 16 and up is needed.

Performance dates are Sept. 12-15. There are two shows Thursday and Friday and three Saturday and Sunday.

Charleston Stage Company will hold auditions for the David Mamet's "Race" at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Parts are available for three men (one black) and one woman.

Songwriters Constance Wolfeand Justin Peters have granted the state a two-year free use license for their song "West Virginia, West Virginia." Residents can use the song any way they'd like, be it for personal or commercial use.